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Administrative Areas

Ward
Ashton
Local Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Makerfield
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
122
Population
345
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
104
England❚WN4 8SJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
345
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
285
Single
99
Married
113
Separated
6
Divorced
29
Widowed
38

Health

Population
345
Very good
124
Good
104
Fair
69
Bad
33
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
285
England❚WN4 8SJ❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
32
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
109

Ethnicity

Population
345
White British
342
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
345
England
338
Wales
4
Italy
1
Spain
1
Poland
1

Religion

Population
345
Christian
262
Jewish
1
Other
1
No religion
56
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
152
Manufacturing
13
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
16
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
234
England❚WN4 8SJ❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
16
Unemployed
7
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
26
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - council
24
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
1
Detached
13
Semi detached
70
Terraced
40

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
30
Two people
42
Three people
26
Four people
16
Five people
7
Six people
1

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019